Mel Rees
Names: Mel ReesReesDeputy Director ReesMel
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 6 (FIVE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 6Mel Rees is Paula's boss and a deputy director who rose through family connections; he refuses funding for mass cargo interception.
- Ch 6Mel Rees is Paula's deputy director; he is somewhat intimidated by her, visits her rather than summoning her, and is unsettled by her hologram.
- Ch 12Mel Rees, the Deputy Director, visits Paula in person, looking nervous, implying a big assignment.
- Ch 12Rees is Deputy Director; he thinks the attack bears Adam Elvin's signature and recommended Paula to lead the case.
- Ch 20Deputy director who warns Paula her suitability is questioned, and insists the Starflyer is a cult conspiracy theory kept out of reports.
- Ch 22Promoted to run a new Kerensk unit deploying the wormhole detector network, after losing his fight to move Paula's office.
Connections
- leadsPaula MyoRees is her immediate boss
- related toPaula Myodeputy director, her nominal superior
- member ofCommonwealth Security Directorate
- member ofIntersolar Serious Crimes DirectorateDeputy Director
- enemy ofPaula Myoclashed over office relocation
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Paula's data hunt
In Paris, Paula searches cargo data for Elvin's arms smuggling to Far Away and clashes with Mel Rees over budget.
- Book 1 · Ch 6Paula assigned the Oaktier ice case
Mel Rees gives Paula a possible deliberate bodykill and memory-loss case on Oaktier involving two possible victims, and she accepts.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Paula's case progresses
Paula and Hoshe plan a search of Darklake for the bodies; Mel Rees arrives unexpectedly with an apparent new assignment.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Investigation of the Alamo Avenger attack
Columbia, Rees and Paula examine the wrecked Alamo Avenger, argue over blame, and Columbia gives Paula full Directorate resources to pursue Johansson.
- Book 1 · Ch 20Paula briefs Mel Rees on Venice Coast
Paula tells Mel the attacker was sophisticated and sent by someone else; Mel rejects the Starflyer theory. She agrees to finish the gallery investigation and asks for export searches.